Table 4 Characteristics of episodes with patients with symptom/problem clustersb
Non-oncological | Oncological | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any Cluster | Psychosocial cluster | Physical cluster | Any cluster | Psychosocial cluster | Physical cluster | Communicational/Practical cluster | |
total, n (%) | 83/212 (39.2) | 12/212 (5.7) | 79/212 (37.3) | 172/566 (30.4) | 87/566 (15.4) | 86/566 (15.2) | 50/566 (8.8) |
Age, years mean ± SD | 83.8 ± 7.8 | 82.8 ± 11 | 83.6 ± 7.5 | 71.1 ± 12.5 | 67.6 ± 13.3 | 74.4 ± 11.2 | 69.3 ± 11.9 |
Gender, n (%) | |||||||
Female | 47 (56.6) | 8 (66.7) | 45 (57.0) | 80 (46.5) | 40 (46.0) | 42 (48.8) | 24 (48.0) |
Male | 36 (43.4) | 4 (33.3) | 34 (43.0) | 92 (53.5) | 47 (54.0) | 44 (51.2) | 26 (52.0) |
AKPS, median (range) | 20 (10–50) | 30 (20–50) | 20 (10–50) | 40 (10–90) | 40 (10–90) | 30 (10–80) | 60 (10–90) |
Diagnosis, n (%) | |||||||
Oncological | |||||||
Lip, mouth, pharynx | 3 (1.7) | 3 (3.4) | 0 | 2 (4.0) | |||
Gastrointestinal | 51 (29.7) | 27 (31.0) | 26 (30.2) | 14 (28.0) | |||
Respiratory | 37 (21.5) | 19 (21.8) | 18 (20.9) | 10 (20.0) | |||
Melanoma | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | |||
Neurology | 5 (2.9) | 2 (2.3) | 3 (3.5) | 2 (4.0) | |||
Mamma | 12 (7.0) | 6 (6.9) | 8 (9.3) | 4 (8.0) | |||
Genitourinary | 40 (23.3) | 20 (23.0) | 20 (23.3) | 9 (18.0) | |||
Eye, Head, CNS | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | |||
Endocrinology | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 0 | |||
Others | 21 (12.2) | 8 (9.2) | 10 (11.6) | 9 (18.0) | |||
Non-oncological | |||||||
Mental and behavioral disorders | 17 (20.5) | 2 (16.7) | 17 (21.5) | ||||
Neurology | 10 (12.0) | 1 (8.3) | 10 (12.7) | ||||
Circulatory | 26 (31.3) | 4 (33.3) | 23 (29.1) | ||||
Respiratory | 13 (15.7) | 2 (16.7) | 13 (16.5) | ||||
Gastrointestinal | 10 (12.0) | 2 (16.7) | 9 (11.4) | ||||
Genitourinary | 6 (7.2) | 0 | 6 (7.6) | ||||
Others | 1 (1.2) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (1.3) | ||||